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Rental Bonds by Region — Monthly

rental_bonds_by_region

Monthly rental bond statistics by New Zealand region, including lodged, active, and closed bonds plus median and quartile rents.

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Cite as: Source: MBIE (www.mbie.govt.nz/data-and-analysis), CC-BY 4.0.

Source: MBIE ↗ ·Last updated: 2026-11-09 ·Updated monthly ·6,300 rows

install.packages("eolas", repos = c("https://phildonovan.r-universe.dev", "https://cloud.r-project.org"))
library(eolas)
eolas_key("your_key")
df <- eolas_get("rental_bonds_by_region", start = "2020-01-01")
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Dataset ID
rental_bonds_by_region
Data source
MBIE
Pipeline last ran
2026-11-09
Refresh cadence
monthly
API endpoint
https://api.eolas.nz/v1/datasets/rental_bonds_by_region/data

Columns (16)

schema glossary · auto-generated
Column Type Description
time_frame date Time frame
location_id long Location ID
location string Location
total_bonds double Total bonds
closed_bonds double Closed bonds
active_bonds double Active bonds
lodged_bonds double Lodged bonds
average_bond double Average bond
geometric_mean_rent double Geometric mean rent
average_weekly_rent double Average weekly rent
lower_quartile_rent double Lower quartile rent
median_rent double Median rent
upper_quartile_rent double Upper quartile rent
std_dev_weekly_rent double Std dev weekly rent
log_std_dev_weekly_rent double Log std dev weekly rent
bond_rent_ratio double Bond rent ratio

How to query this dataset

Install the client library
install.packages("eolas", repos = c("https://phildonovan.r-universe.dev", "https://cloud.r-project.org"))
Fetch all data
library(eolas)
eolas_key("your_key_here")
df <- eolas_get("rental_bonds_by_region")
head(df)
Filter by date range
df <- eolas_get("rental_bonds_by_region", start = "2020-01-01", end = "2024-12-31")
head(df)
Download as CSV
df <- eolas_get("rental_bonds_by_region")
write.csv(df, "rental_bonds_by_region.csv", row.names = FALSE)

Data preview

Time FrameLocation IdLocationTotal BondsClosed BondsActive BondsLodged BondsAverage BondGeometric Mean RentAverage Weekly RentLower Quartile RentMedian RentUpper Quartile RentStd Dev Weekly RentLog Std Dev Weekly RentBond Rent Ratio
2022-03-01-99ALL11,14511,268384,01511,1452116514554420540650221.87380.40124.0000
2022-03-012Auckland Region4,1344,332137,3674,1342402584624490600720247.86910.36744.0400
2022-03-014Bay of Plenty Region55258221,8525522084522547470550641151.87290.32803.9500
2022-03-0113Canterbury Region1,2091,36244,4001,2091862430460380450540161.46310.40154.1600
2022-03-015Gisborne Region63662,673631797440473350478579163.63210.40914.1300

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Questions about this dataset

How often is Rental Bonds by Region — Monthly updated?
MBIE publishes it monthly. eolas last refreshed it on 2026-11-09.
Can I download the whole table?
Yes, on Pro and above as Parquet or CSV. During the trial you can query it through the API, up to 50,000 rows per request.
Where does the data come from?
MBIE. eolas loads it into typed, consistently named columns. See the original at https://catalogue.data.govt.nz/datastore/dump/410f751e-b635-4cd0-9495-1b164cbd97b0.

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